No Relief

the hope of a large increase in the UK figures to be false, the passenger car sales in September have spread more gloom about the sector's health.

sales rose in what industry is the second most important month 1. 3% from a year earlier, far below the double-digit growth is hoped for.

In The First Nine Months of the year, car sales fell 2. 5% to 1. 86 million, The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes, said the rise was "quite poor".

The small rise in comparison with what Mr Hawes described as a "pretty awful" September 2018, when sales slumped by 20% due to the introduction of more stringent emissions regulations on the restriction of the availability of certain vehicles.

"Any uplift in the last year, Mr. Hawes was welcome," said the BBC. "So we were hoping for something like a double-digit increase in September. "

in March, followed by September, traditionally the industry's most important sales months due to the number of sign changes in the rule will be an increase in demand.

had to be seen in Other major European markets, a much stronger revenue growth in the last month.

Mr Hawes said: "consumer confidence is being undermined by political and economic uncertainty. We need to restore stability to the Market , this means the avoidance of a no-deal Leakage and, in addition, the agreement on a future relationship with the EU, which prevents customs duties and barriers to trade could the prices rise and reduce the buyer's choice. "

the sales of diesel models were up to 20. 6% in The First Nine Months of 2019, while the demand for new petrol models up to 2. 6%.

Make no mistake, these numbers are pretty terrible.

applications are up slightly compared to last year But in September 2018, the sales plummeted in Europe, due to shipping difficulties, the introduction of a new emission testing regime.

In other countries, they have recovered. In Germany in the last month, they were up to 22% for example. In Spain it was 18%.

We should see a double-digit improvement here, too. But we are not there.

the Leakage associated with The SMMT to blame political and economic uncertainty. Although the collapse of the demand for diesel is still the effects.

Big picture, the registrations have been falling fairly steadily for More Than two years, and are not seen on a level since 2013.

Also used in the industry, in order to swing assets, and it is a deeply worrying trend.

But at least the sales of electric cars accelerates. So there is a spark of optimism among the gloom.

The Market for battery-electric cars, up from 122. 1%, but the plug-in hybrid sector, is down by 29. 2%. While the growth in electric cars is good news, it is still only a fraction of the Market , Mr Hawes said.

the State subsidies for new low-emission cars were slashed in October of last year, which means no more hybrid models are eligible for the scheme.

motoring groups have warned that the decision to leave the British difficulties, your goals for the reduction of vehicle emissions.

Karen Johnson , head of retail and wholesale at Barclays Corporate Banking, said: "The First increase, of the numbers in The new car sales for some time, do not provide relief, as the comparison with a very weak September 2018 was expected to be better than this.

"the New fuel regulations around the reduced sales a year ago, and This Time , it is heavy, about a lack of consumer confidence due to Leakage uncertainty as the main reason for the pick-up does not materialize as hoped.

"We see an increasing information of buyers to buy previously have been looking for a new vehicle, rather than switching to The Used -car Market . "

Source of news: bbc.com